[indieFan]

Well, I am always changing my views to whatever I need it to be so that I can get a clear idea of where stuff belongs. And, if I make a mistake, I always undo it and recheck the orientations.

In addition, I was using "osnap" with only the endpoints set. Therefore, I know that my cylinders were starting and ending at the same point.

The solution that I found, using a top view, was to slice off the part that was going past the half way point of the spherical joint and then perform a union. I'm not sure, but I believe that the portion that extend past the half way point was creating a problem by being both inside and outside of the joint thereby giving the program difficulties in determining which section should be considered the outside.

indieFan